Spring-bed.



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SPRING BBD. APPLIOATION FILED 11011.25, 1912.

1,075,977. Patented 001.14, 1913.

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FRANCIS S. INCO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFSEIA..

STEERING-BILD.

Specication ofi-Letters atent.

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Application filed November 25, 1912. Serial No. 733,563.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANC-Is S. NCO, a

- citizen of the'United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new1 and useful Spring-Bed, of which the following is-a specification.

- My invention relates to spring beds, and

. one of the main objects of my invention is to'produce a spring bed in which the body portion thereof is composed of a series ofv links, the edges of the body portion being reinforced by means of elastic members or cables. Another object of myk invention is to provide a springbed of. the character described in which improved means are provided for joining the reinforcement ofthe edges of the spring body to the body portion.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only: Figure 1 is a plan view of a spring bed embodying a form of my invention. Fig. 2 1s an enlarged, secof the spring body7 tional View on line a02-x2 Fig. 1, a portion of the frame being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a seotionalyiew on line #-003 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a 'portion of a spring bed embodying a modified form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the link connection between the spring body and the edge reinforcement shown in Fig.v 4. l

The bed comprises a frame consisting of two longitudinal members 1, each provided at their ends with brackets or standards 2 to the upper end of which is secured cross bars 3 and 4, each in the present instance being a section of angle bar..

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the bed spring consists of a series of links 5 arranged in transverse rows, the

adjacent ends Gof the links'in one row be- -ing bent around the bight .connected by'means of coil tension springs wit-h the cross bar 4 of the frame. 10 desig nates a rope of coiled wire at each side the ends of which are connected to the cross bars f3 and 4 respectively by means of plates 11 and riyets 12, which rivets extend through the respective cross bars 3 and 4 and the plates 1l thereunder, the ends of 'the ropes 10 being clamped between the respective cross bars 3 and 4 and the plates 11. At each side of the spring body between the ropes 10 and the spring body areL two longitudinally disposed coils or springs 18 Vand 14, the coils 13 and 14 being secured to the cross bars 3 and 4 respectively between the plates 11 and the cross bars, the plates 11 .being of sui'licient length to engage the ends of the coils 13 and 14. The coils 13 are threaded into the inner edge of the respective ropes 10 and the coils 14 are threaded into the inner edge of the coils 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. 15, 15 designate wire strands which l are threaded through the coils 1.4, the ends of the strands 15 being formed into books 16 which are connected by means of coil tension springs 1 7 with the cross bars 3 and 4. It is to be noted that the ends of each alternate row of links 5 terminate in half links designated. at 20, one end 6 of which engages the bight 7 of the links 5 in the next succeeding row. The ends 9.1 of cach half link 20 on the sides of the spring body and the ends 6 of the whole links along the sides of the spring body terminate in hooks which engage the wire strand 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the inner coil 14, thereby securing the side edges of the spring bcc y to the reinforcing means along the sides thereof, which reinforcing means comprises the wire strand 15,. and rope 10 and coils 13 and 14.

1n the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the spring body is composed of a series of rows of links-522` linkedtogether in the same inanner as the spring body portion shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the edge of the spring body consists of links 2B having a short leg Q4 and a long leg 25, the short leg 24 being provided with a, hook end 26 'which engages the bight 27 of the links in the next row, while vthe long leg :25 is provided with a hook end 29 which engages the bightl 30 of the next The reinforcing means for the side of the spring body, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, consists of a wire rope 31., coils 32 anc .-33 on the inner edge thereof,A and a wire strand 34 which is threaded through the coil 33 ofthe same general form and constructionas that heretofore described in relation to Fig. 1.

The manner of connecting the spring body portion to the reinforcement along the side succeeding link 23.`

thereofwinitlie form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 consisfjswf a series of links 35 each having a h'ooked end 36 which is bent around the Wire strand 34 and an end 37 Which is bent around the ends of the links of the body portion which engage the bight 30 of the links 23, as illustrated at 38.

With a spring bed as described, the body portion, consisting of the link fabric, may be made at little eiipense, the reinforcing means along each side thereof affording means whereby the sides of the link body are prevented fromsagging, and also, as shown in Fig. 3, the rope 10 projecting above the surface of the link body portion serves as a retaining means for preventing dislodgment of the mattress, not shown, from the springbody.

What I claim is A spring bed comprising a frame consisting of longitudinaly members, cross bars connecting said longitudinal members, a spring body consisting of a series of links,

coil tension springsbetween saidrlinks and said cross bars, elastic reinforcing -means along each side of said body, said reinforcing meansyconsisting of a rope of coiled Wire having its ends secured to said cross bars, a coilspring connected to said rope on the inner side thereof, a Wire strand threaded through said coil spring, said coillspring and Wire strand having their ends secured to said cross bars, and means for connecting said spring body to said Wire strand, said means consisting of ya series of links each having one end thereof secured to said spring body and the other end thereof secured to said wire strand.

In testimonywherecf, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 16th day of November, 1912.

'FRANCIS SINCO. i

' In presence of- Louis l/V. GRATZ, LORRAINE E, DURROW. 

